China: Stop Using COVID-19 for Unnecessary Restrictions on Detainees’ Visitation Rights

China: Stop Using COVID-19 for Unnecessary Restrictions on Detainees’ Visitation Rights

June 22, 2020       Comments Off on China: Stop Using COVID-19 for Unnecessary Restrictions on Detainees’ Visitation Rights

 

CHRD has documented 12 cases of detained HRDs being denied access to their lawyers and families, including virtual meetings, on coronavirus grounds. The Chinese government must ensure their rights to legal counsel and family visitation and stop using the pandemic as the excuse to violate their rights.

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Statement Regarding the Verdict of Lawyer Yu Wensheng After His Secret Trial

Statement Regarding the Verdict of Lawyer Yu Wensheng After His Secret Trial

June 19, 2020       Comments Off on Statement Regarding the Verdict of Lawyer Yu Wensheng After His Secret Trial

 

The wife of Lawyer Yu Wensheng, Xu Yan, received news from the People’s Procuratorate of Xuzhou City in the morning of 17 June 2020 that Lawyer Yu – who went through a secret trial back in May 2019 – has already been sentenced to four years in jail, in addition (read more…)

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Joint NGO Open Letter Calls on China to Stop Imposing National Security Law on Hong Kong

Joint NGO Open Letter Calls on China to Stop Imposing National Security Law on Hong Kong

June 18, 2020       Comments Off on Joint NGO Open Letter Calls on China to Stop Imposing National Security Law on Hong Kong

 

CHRD joined 85 other organizations to call on the National People’s Congress to halt its moves to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.

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China: Free Arbitrarily Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

China: Free Arbitrarily Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

June 17, 2020       Comments Off on China: Free Arbitrarily Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

 

A Chinese court secretly handed down a four-year prison sentence to lawyer Yu Wensheng for “inciting subversion of state power.” The persecution of Yu Wensheng in reprisal for exercising and defending human rights and the grave injustices involved in this case demand his immediate and unconditional release.

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Enforcing Amnesia, China Detained and Intimidated Activists Around 31st Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

Enforcing Amnesia, China Detained and Intimidated Activists Around 31st Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

June 9, 2020       Comments Off on Enforcing Amnesia, China Detained and Intimidated Activists Around 31st Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

 

Police in cities across China disappeared, detained, and harassed activists during the period around the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre.

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1989 Student Protester Chen Yunfei Secretly Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

1989 Student Protester Chen Yunfei Secretly Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

June 3, 2020       Comments Off on 1989 Student Protester Chen Yunfei Secretly Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

 

Chengdu police reportedly took away activist Chen Yunfei from his home in the Wenjiang District on May 31, 2020.

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31st Anniversary of June Fourth Massacre

31st Anniversary of June Fourth Massacre

June 2, 2020       Comments Off on 31st Anniversary of June Fourth Massacre

 

The Chinese Communist Party iron-fisted grip on power has perpetuated its leaders’ enjoyment of impunity for the Tiananmen massacre of pro-democracy protestors for 31 years. Victims and their families have never received justice. Photo by David Chen.

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Poet Wang Zang Detained by Yunnan Police for “Inciting Subversion”

Poet Wang Zang Detained by Yunnan Police for “Inciting Subversion”

June 1, 2020       Comments Off on Poet Wang Zang Detained by Yunnan Police for “Inciting Subversion”

 

Yunnan police seized poet Wang Zang on May 30, 2020. They accused him of “inciting subversion of state power” and raided his home.

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Guangdong Activist Detained for Online Expression of Support to Hong Kong

Guangdong Activist Detained for Online Expression of Support to Hong Kong

June 1, 2020       Comments Off on Guangdong Activist Detained for Online Expression of Support to Hong Kong

 

Guangdong police detained activist Xiao Yuhui and several other members of a WeChat group that reposted “One Message per Person to Save Hong Kong.”

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Sichuan Activist Detained for Protest for Lack of Representation by “People’s Congress”

Sichuan Activist Detained for Protest for Lack of Representation by “People’s Congress”

June 1, 2020       Comments Off on Sichuan Activist Detained for Protest for Lack of Representation by “People’s Congress”

 

Chengdu police detained activist Xie Junbiao on May 10, 2020 following his protest that morning outside the Sichuan Provincial People’s Assembly.

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Distributing Pro-Democracy Flyers, Woman Is Put under Psychiatric Detention

Distributing Pro-Democracy Flyers, Woman Is Put under Psychiatric Detention

June 1, 2020       Comments Off on Distributing Pro-Democracy Flyers, Woman Is Put under Psychiatric Detention

 

Beijing police detained a local Shandong government official for distributing flyers and then sent her back to her hometown and forcibly committed her to a psychiatric hospital.

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Chinese Authorities Target Speech on Twitter in Criminalizing Free Expression

Chinese Authorities Target Speech on Twitter in Criminalizing Free Expression

June 1, 2020       Comments Off on Chinese Authorities Target Speech on Twitter in Criminalizing Free Expression

 

Beijing activist Quan Shixin has been indicted and faces trial on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for using Twitter. Wang Yong and Gao Jinbiao were recently tried, convited, and given prison sentences for using Twitter.

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